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I applaud this article. I see it all the time on the roads near my house. I also just learned that for every 6 seconds a driver spends texting, 4.6 of those seconds are with their eyes off the road, which makes texting the most dangerous cell phone activity anyone can engage in while operating a 5,000 pound piece of steel and glass. This activity produces 6,000 highway deaths a year and that number is rising.

I decided to do something about it after my three year old daughter was nearly run down right in front of me by a texting driver last fall. Instead of an expensive shackle that locks down phones and alienates the user (especially teens) I built a tool called OTTER that is a simple app for smartphones – low cost, no recurring fees. Its an easy way to manage that text and drive temptation…

As a policy, I do not post comments that are in any way commercial but I'm making an exception with the comment above. Erik Wood is offering, at a nominal fee, a service that I believe has the potential to save lives. I look forward to the day when his app is available for iPhones and I can use it myself.

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